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Fuel cell power generating stations

US4080791A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 3, 1977
Grant dateMar 28, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 3, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated power generating plant includes a fuel cell for generating electrical energy directly, an auxiliary power generating plant that utilizes both the sensible heat and the heating value of effluents from the fuel cell by using working fluids in a closed cycle. The working fluid is vaporized by sensible heat and is superheated by combusting incompletely reacted fuels from the fuel cell.

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